you know... if we couldn't submit releases without and physical copies, half of all the newer bands would have to be taken down. Many modern bands today take advantage of cheap digital distribution and simply spread their music across the internet, EVEN though they have a cover for it. Which is fair enough in my opinion considering how expensive physical distribution is (printing, stamping, copying, postage, etc, etc...)
I don't think we should reject band who have no physical releases because online or physical, a demo/ep/album is still a release and no parameters (which are reasonable of course) will take that away. But meh... 1st circle can do whatever they want.
But there's
Nothing stopping a band from burning 20 or so home-made CDs...
I remember having fun once, it was terrible...